Cikku's
Socceroo Travels
WHAT
WONDERFUL MEMORIES
For 11
wonderful years, Cikku was lucky enough to make his living from doing what
he loved best...working with Australia's National soccer teams at~all
levels, from Under 17 to the Socceroos. It was a life which took him to
over 40 countries all over the world and was privileged to meet some of
the biggest football names, and worked together with Australia's
best football talent. For a man to whom football was a life long passion,
this was a dream come true! To eat, drink an sleep football 24 hours a
day while travelling the world was paradise. There were countless highlights,
from being in Seoul for a tournament which included the National team of
my beloved Malta and seeing them play for the very first time in my life,
the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championships held in Australia and of course
our epic World Cup qualifiers against Argentina for the final place in
World Cup'94 - in which the great Diego Maradona made his comeback and
the attention of the football world was firmly focused on Australia. But
my biggest pleasure was in seeing 15 year old boys slowly developing
into the world class players that they are today...and getting the financial
rewards they fully deserve for giving up so much of their lives to
football. People like Mark Bosnich, Mark Schwarzer, Ned Zelic, Paul Okon,
Stan Lazaridis, Craig Moore, Tony and Aurelio Vidmar, Kevin Muscat, Graham
Arnold, Frank Farina, Robbie Slater, Danny Tiatto, Steve Corica, Mark Viduka,
Hayden Foxe...the list goes on and on!
~~
The
Socceroo World Cup Squad vs Argentina
Football
Stadium - 31st October 1993
BACK
ROW : R.Zabica, M.Ivanovic, G.Arnold, D.Mitchell,
J.VanBlerk, M.Schwarzer
MIDDLE
ROW : L.Scheinflug (Asst Coach), R.Blanco (Asst Coach), T.Vidmar,
D.Longo,
A.Vidmar, N.Zelic, A.Tobin, P.Wade (Capt),
E.Thomson
(Coach), P.Ruz ( Physio), T.Labbozzetta (Official)
FRONT
ROW: S.Kanangra (Doctor), J.Polak, S.Corica, C.Veart,
M.Durakovic,
M.Blagojevic,
S.Lazaridis, R.Slater, F.Scicluna - Cikku (Gear Manager)
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